Editing Juniata County, Pennsylvania (section)

===Land use===
Residential land makes up more than 50,000 acres, or one fifth, of Juniata County's area. The bulk of residential land is single-family dwellings, but seasonal homes and [[mobile home]]s also make up significant portions of it. The county's residential land is concentrated along in its boroughs, but occurs along roads and in villages throughout the county. Multi-family residential land is comparatively rare. Less than 1% of the county's land (430 acres) is used for manufacturing purposes. Only approximately 370 acres are used for transportation and utilities. Roughly 300 acres are used for transportation and communication and 70 acres are used for other utilities. Businesses make up 0.21% of the county's land, or 525 acres. 490 acres are devoted to [[retail]] businesses, while 35 acres are devoted to [[wholesale]] businesses. Services occupy 0.67% of the county's area.<ref name = "chapter05">{{Citation|url = http://co.juniata.pa.us/docs/comp_plan/Chapter_05.pdf|title = Juniata County Comprehensive Plan: Chapter 5 – Land Use|access-date = May 14, 2014}}</ref>

Land devoted to recreation in Juniata County makes up 0.5%, or 1000 acres, of its area. Agricultural land comprises 41% (101,000 acres) of the county.<ref name = "chapter05"/> A total of 167,500 acres, or approximately two thirds of the county's area, is forested land.<ref name = "chapter02"/> Large portions of the southwestern part of the county are forested.<ref name = "chapter04"/> 34% of the county's land is undeveloped, most of which (60,000 acres) is unused land.<ref name = "chapter05"/>

The vast majority of Juniata County is rural land. However, there are a few rural hamlets and villages (which have one to four housing units per acre) scattered throughout the county. There is also an area termed a "high growth area" by the Juniata County Comprehensive Plan near the boroughs of Mifflin and Mifflintown. It has between 8 and 17 housing units per acre. The Juniata County Comprehensive Plan also designates areas near Thompsontown and Port Royal as "rural growth area[s]". These areas have three to six housing units per acre.<ref name = "chapter05"/>